The bombs land with awesome explosions, the earth trembles, the upcast of craters jets in the air, the troops are shocked by the blast waves, many bleed from noses or perforated ear drums, they are terrorized into apathy or outright panic. But unless the enemy is nearby and ready to advance immediately, the moment passes.

Since infantry is considered the 'Queen of Battle', and artillery the king, I had inscribed my personal banner "Balls for the Queen". Granted, high explosive 150 millimeter shells aren't exactly cannonballs, but hey, why spoil a perfectly good motto?

If two sides start out at equal strength, and are relatively equally damaged, but one side can replenish his artillery, and the other side cannot, then that one side that gets his artillery back has all but won.

The weaker the infantry, the more artillery it needs. American infantry needs all the artillery it can get.

A French officer, to General George Patton

The artillery drops short to keep the infantry moving forwards.

Artillery comeback to the nickname dropshort.

The infantry exists to get the forward observers to the next hill.

Anonymous

Artillery knows neither friend nor foe - only good targets.

Anonymous (slogan in the German Bundeswehr)

That's what I've always loved about tanks. It's basically a cannon I can move around the battlefield faster than infantry. Artillery can kill much more effectively, so I'll take all the tanks I can get, thank you very much.